Thread: Ban on veils

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...ai-brown-burqa

The article I mentioned earlier

Originally Posted by mrbazoun

I doubt there has been one terrorist attack in France that has been facilitated by a woman wearing a veil. Prove me wrong.

Laws restricting facial coverings to things like Halloween and safety requirements (like motorcycle helmets) aren't meant to deter terrorism, an extremely rare crime (or family of crimes). It's meant to keep people identified for any number of reasons, from victims and witnesses being able to identify potential perps to police being able to identify potential witnesses. If a police force (and therefore society) is to function well, its members must be at least somewhat identifiable, and full-body coverings totally preclude this. If you get robbed in some Paris suburb, do you want the only potential witnesses to be a bunch of fully-covered women? I'd much rather be able to identify one.

Also, nice straw man.

Sponge, we all hate the way muslim women have to dress/are treated in general. I'd like to see them in hot pants too. You can just tell they are sexy from the mono-brow you can see through the veil. However that is totally not the point. If people wish to isolate themselves and practise certain beliefs and wear stupid shit they should be entitled to.

If you were to ban that behaviour you'd have to ban communes etc. and create a national uniform. This law isn't going to liberate anyone.

I do like the idea though. I just think it is incredibly far fetched and ultimately a ridiculous way of justifying the legislation.